US Census Data

Fastest-shrinking (2019–2023) in Kansas

Kansas counties and cities ranked by population change.

This page ranks the counties and cities of Kansas by population change — which have the steepest population decline since 2019, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, Hodgeman County leads at -10.7%.

Among cities & places, Kickapoo Site 6 leads at -100.0%.

Counties

Top 100.
#NamePopulation change 2019–2023
1Hodgeman County-10.7%
2Barber County-10.2%
3Phillips County-8.7%
4Haskell County-8.0%
5Ness County-7.5%
6Wallace County-7.3%
7Stevens County-7.0%
8Pawnee County-6.2%
9Mitchell County-6.2%
10Gray County-5.7%
11Meade County-5.5%
12Cherokee County-4.7%
13Graham County-4.5%
14Riley County-4.5%
15Barton County-4.5%
16Lane County-4.3%
17Montgomery County-4.2%
18Stafford County-4.2%
19Hamilton County-4.1%
20Decatur County-4.0%
21Lincoln County-3.9%
22Morton County-3.9%
23Rooks County-3.6%
24Pratt County-3.5%
25Lyon County-3.3%
26Russell County-3.3%
27Kiowa County-3.3%
28Morris County-3.2%
29Seward County-3.2%
30Comanche County-3.2%
31Sumner County-3.1%
32Logan County-3.0%
33Rice County-2.8%
34Harper County-2.6%
35Jefferson County-2.6%
36Sheridan County-2.6%
37Doniphan County-2.5%
38Grant County-2.5%
39Cowley County-2.4%
40Neosho County-2.4%
41Elk County-2.3%
42Chase County-2.2%
43Brown County-2.2%
44Trego County-2.2%
45Dickinson County-2.2%
46Rush County-2.2%
47Greenwood County-2.1%
48Harvey County-2.0%
49Clark County-1.9%
50Edwards County-1.8%
51Reno County-1.7%
52Stanton County-1.7%
53Saline County-1.6%
54Osborne County-1.6%
55Bourbon County-1.5%
56Wilson County-1.5%
57Marion County-1.4%
58Cheyenne County-1.4%
59Smith County-1.3%
60Woodson County-1.2%
61Norton County-1.0%
62Labette County-0.8%
63Kingman County-0.8%
64Wichita County-0.7%
65Ottawa County-0.7%
66Osage County-0.6%
67Douglas County-0.6%
68Allen County-0.5%
69Atchison County-0.4%
70Sherman County-0.3%
71Anderson County-0.2%
72Clay County-0.1%
73Ford County-0.1%
74Crawford County-0.0%
75Kearny County+0.1%
76Jackson County+0.1%
77Republic County+0.1%
78Shawnee County+0.3%
79Ellis County+0.3%
80Cloud County+0.4%
81Washington County+0.5%
82Linn County+0.5%
83Coffey County+0.6%
84Jewell County+0.8%
85Nemaha County+0.9%
86Wabaunsee County+1.0%
87Rawlins County+1.2%
88Thomas County+1.3%
89Chautauqua County+1.4%
90Wyandotte County+1.5%
91Franklin County+1.7%
92Butler County+1.8%
93Leavenworth County+2.2%
94Ellsworth County+2.2%
95Sedgwick County+2.2%
96Marshall County+2.6%
97Scott County+3.1%
98Finney County+3.4%
99Miami County+3.6%
100Johnson County+3.9%

Cities & places

Top 100.
#NamePopulation change 2019–2023
1Kickapoo Site 6-100.0%
2Bucyrus-95.0%
3Oak Hill-76.3%
4Yoder-76.0%
5Hamlin-73.4%
6Kickapoo Site 2-72.9%
7Cedar-72.0%
8Marienthal-71.2%
9Brownell-70.0%
10Coolidge-69.0%
11Edmond-68.3%
12Longford-68.1%
13Bluff City-66.7%
14Hillsdale-63.0%
15Aurora-61.9%
16Baileyville-61.7%
17Severance-60.3%
18Mildred-60.0%
19Labette-59.6%
20Waldo-58.5%
21Manter-58.2%
22Bogue-57.6%
23Lost Springs-57.4%
24Huron-57.1%
25Waldron-57.1%
26Alexander-56.8%
27Ada-56.3%
28Wright-54.6%
29Cambridge-51.0%
30Odin-50.0%
31Roxbury-50.0%
32Formoso-49.7%
33Kirwin-49.4%
34Gaylord-48.2%
35Liebenthal-48.2%
36Belvue-47.7%
37Belpre-47.2%
38Harveyville-45.6%
39Albert-44.9%
40Speed-43.9%
41Detroit-43.8%
42Elsmore-43.7%
43Narka-43.1%
44Lenora-42.3%
45Riley-41.9%
46Windom-41.6%
47Winchester-41.0%
48Manchester-40.8%
49Home-40.6%
50Timken-40.5%
51Munjor-40.4%
52Esbon-40.4%
53Virgil-39.5%
54Dearing-39.4%
55Woodbine-39.2%
56Courtland-39.0%
57Park-38.8%
58Rantoul-38.4%
59Burdett-37.8%
60Norcatur-37.5%
61Richfield-36.7%
62Colony-36.3%
63Benedict-36.3%
64Scottsville-35.5%
65Grantville-35.3%
66Durham-35.3%
67Radium-35.0%
68Portis-34.7%
69Linwood-34.5%
70Offerle-34.3%
71McCune-34.0%
72Byers-33.3%
73Parker-33.2%
74Scandia-32.8%
75Menlo-32.7%
76Hollenberg-31.8%
77Glasco-31.1%
78Roseland-31.0%
79Scammon-30.8%
80Burr Oak-30.5%
81Green-30.1%
82Jetmore-29.5%
83White City-29.3%
84Cawker City-28.9%
85Culver-28.8%
86Vining-28.8%
87Mahaska-28.6%
88Jamestown-28.4%
89Chicopee-28.3%
90Eskridge-28.1%
91Miltonvale-28.0%
92McLouth-28.0%
93Ness City-27.7%
94Stafford-27.6%
95Garfield-27.3%
96Elgin-26.7%
97Bennington-26.5%
98Bushton-26.4%
99Blue Rapids-26.4%
100Grainfield-25.9%

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